Police respond to ‘active shooting at MillerCoors in Milwaukee

Seven people including the gunman have reportedly been killed in a shooting at the MillerCoors campus in Milwaukee. 

Police responded to the business, which is now owned by the Molson Coors Brewing Company, on Wednesday afternoon following reports of an active shooter. 

Law enforcement sources have told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that at least seven people are dead.

The gunman was an employee who had been fired earlier in the day but returned with a gun and opened fire, police sources told CBS2.

There is a heavy police presence in the area, along with fire trucks and ambulances. 

Employees were ordered to find a safe place to hide when the gunman opened fire.  

One of the employees said they received an email saying the shooter was located in the stairwell of one of the brewing facility’s buildings. 

The incident occurred at a sprawling complex that includes a mix of corporate offices and brewing facilities. 

At least 600 people work at the complex, which is now on lockdown. 

Relatives of employees say they are receiving texts from those on lockdown inside. 

James Boyles said his wife Lasonya Ragdales works at Molson Coors in the claims department. 

She was texting from inside the building and told her husband that there was active shooter and she was locked in a room with a bunch of co-workers 

MillerCoors public relations confirmed that there was an incident but did not give further details.  

Milwaukee Police had no immediate information other than to say it was a ‘critical incident’. 

They have advised people to avoid the area.